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SXUS73 KDMX 280211 CCA
RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
809 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

CORRECTED DECEMBER 2009 SNOWFALL TOTAL

...RECORD DECEMBER MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES IA...

ANOTHER 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT LAST 
NIGHT...BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH TO 27.2 INCHES. THIS BREAKS 
THE ALL TIME DES MOINES RECORD FOR DECEMBER SNOWFALL...WHICH WAS 
PREVIOUSLY 26.9 SET IN 2000. THE 27.2 INCH TOTAL IS ALSO THE THIRD 
HIGHEST CALENDAR MONTH SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR DES MOINES...ONLY 
BEHIND MARCH 1912 WITH 28.0 INCHES...AND JANUARY 1886 WITH 37.0 
INCHES.

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LEE/MOYER